 Born in Berlin in 1951, Jim Rakete began working as a photojournalist for daily newspapers, magazines and agencies while still at school, initially focusing on the music scene. Already at this point, he portrayed stars such as Jimi Hendrix, Ray Charles, Mick Jagger and David Bowie. From 1977 – 1986, he managed the “Fabrik” [Factory] creative laboratory, not only producing the album covers of many musicians of the German New Wave, but also assuming the management of artists such as the Nina Hagen Band, Nena, Spliff, Die Ärzte and Interzone. In 1986, however, his love of photography again gained the upper hand. Since then, he has portrayed many of the greats of German and international music and film, including Til Schweiger, Jürgen Vogel, Natalie Portman, Annett Louisan and Joe Jackson. During the 1990s, he commuted between Hamburg and Los Angeles, photographing and filming music videos and commercials as a Director of Photography, before returning to Berlin in 2001. After receiving the opportunity there of combining his major interest in people and politics through the magazine “Cicero”, in recent years, he has increasingly photographed politicians, such as the German chancellor of the time, Gerhardt Schröder, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Franz Müntefering und Otto Schily. In addition to portraits of national and international stars of music, film and the arts, today he undertakes advertising commissions and photographs editorials for almost every magazine in the German market. 
Straßenkinder / Karuna e.V. 05.06.-26.06.2010 Städtische Galerie am Abdinghof Am Abdinghof 11 33098 Paderborn Öffnungszeiten: Di - So. 10 - 18 Uhr www.paderborn.de www.paderborner-fototage.de 2010 Vertraute Fremde, Galerie Hilaneh von Kories, Hamburg 2010 Blicke gen Norden, Patton Stiftung, Saarbrücken 2009 1/8 sec. - Vertraute Fremde, Ludwig Galerie Schloss Oberhausen 2009 Blicke gen Norden, Stadtgalerie Kiel 2009 Blicke gen Norden, Landesvertretung Hamburg, Berlin 2008 Augen/Blick/Porträts, Filmmuseum, Frankfurt 2008 1/8 sec. - Vertraute Fremde, Camera Work, Berlin 2006 Update, M.J. Wewerka Galerie, Berlin 2006 Streetfootball, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin 2002 Bleib So, Haus der Stiftung Demokratie Saarland 1999 Jim Rakete - Photographien, Suermondt Ludwig Museum, Aachen 1998 Jim Rakete - Photographien, Museum Sankt Ingbert 1997 Jim Rakete - Photographien, Galerie Barlach, Hamburg   "Jim Rakete - 1/8 sec.", Schirmer/Mosel 2008, ISBN 978-3-8296-0296-9  "Jim Rakete - Photographien", Schirmer/Mosel 1997, ISBN 3-88814-886-3  "Kick Ass - Das alternative Workout", Goldmann 2009  "Kunststation Berlin", Knesebeck Verlag 2006  "Berlin Art Now", Abrams 2006  "Berlin Art Now", Thames & Hudson, GB 2006  "Moon Suk - Mond und Sterne", Wunderlich 2006  "Totalschaden", B&S Siebenhaar Verlag, Berlin 2006  "Klaus Hoffmann Sänger, sämtliche Lieder", Ullstein 2002  "Nina Hagen. That’s why the lady is a punk", Schwarzkopf + Schwarzkopf 2002  "workbook - People in the Graphic Arts Industry", Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg 2000  "Friedrichstadtpalast Berlin", Metz 1999  "Visions", LSG Lufthansa Service Holding AG, Frankfurt 1999  "The Complete Key West Session", René Lezard Mode GmbH, Schwarzach 1986 To buy photos please contact barbara@muenzing.de 
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